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FRIDAY FACT: There is an entire episode of Steptoe and Son based on Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai.
In it, Steptoe and his elderly friends successfully defend the scrapyard from East London mobsters.
It even features an extended climactic martial arts battle (link below)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N2BBD94faU&t=286s
@garius OMG - you'll be telling me they did an episode based on The Hidden Fortress next....
@garius I didn't expect so much impressive stunt work in this scene
@chrispackham they FULLY commit to the bit!
Harold : "This is the nature of war. By protecting others, you save yourselves."
Albert: [ gurns ]
@garius it is excellent nonsense
@garius I never had Galton & Simpson down as Kurosawa fans, but there you are.
@BashStKid exactly. It's so left field
@garius If that's the one I'm thinking of Harold berates the old man for his obsession with watching Kung Fu movies at the start of the film... only for it to prove helpful at the end.